A Book for our times
6/09/20
A Book that I have read several times is The Cloud Atlas. I enjoyed the movie several times also.
The real book for our times however is one by the same author, David Mitchell.
In The Bone Clocks he is a true prophet, and shows us what our world has become through our own actions.
He could not have seen a pandemic coming, but all the signs of civil breakdown have been there all along.
He shows how one small island country avoids the societal destruction by strict quarantine.
By reading and watching the evening news, we are all feeling dispirited, and anyone over 60 has got to feel that the end of the world as we knew it has come.
Personally, I have seen our social media degrade so much that I never click on anything to “vote” or donate.
My news of family comes by a weekly phone call, and print pictures in the snail mail keep me current on the babies.
The apocalyptic story of The Bone Clocks shows how mankind has raped the planet, made animals go extinct, drilled and burned away the natural resources and in general acted like there was limitless riches to squander.
Our virus and over population is a wake up call, but who is paying attention?
David Mitchell, for one.
knightsengirl 